Prototype of Wings
Prototype of Wings explores the idea that wing-like forms already exist within the paper, waiting for the moment of metamorphosis through folding.
This work is a flagstone-style recursive structure whose core motif is a pentagon. The pentagonal unit is shaped like a wing, a feather, or the chambered membrane of an insect’s wing, and it propagates outward through recursion to form the overall structure.
Light is an essential element of the piece. When light passes through the structure, reflections escape from the cracks between the flagstone facets, creating patterns that resemble lightning spreading across the surface of the paper. These effects emerge naturally from the geometry of the folding rather than from surface treatment.
This is the largest work I have folded to date, made from a single 150 cm square sheet of kraft paper and measuring approximately 90 cm across when finished. It is also one of the most challenging structures I have designed to collapse, particularly at the central core, where the crease system must remain fully faithful to flagstone-style geometry while still allowing the structure to collapse successfully.
This work is a flagstone-style recursive structure whose core motif is a pentagon. The pentagonal unit is shaped like a wing, a feather, or the chambered membrane of an insect’s wing, and it propagates outward through recursion to form the overall structure.
Light is an essential element of the piece. When light passes through the structure, reflections escape from the cracks between the flagstone facets, creating patterns that resemble lightning spreading across the surface of the paper. These effects emerge naturally from the geometry of the folding rather than from surface treatment.
This is the largest work I have folded to date, made from a single 150 cm square sheet of kraft paper and measuring approximately 90 cm across when finished. It is also one of the most challenging structures I have designed to collapse, particularly at the central core, where the crease system must remain fully faithful to flagstone-style geometry while still allowing the structure to collapse successfully.
